New research shows Roman concrete relied on heat-driven mixing and reactive lime, giving it a surprising self-healing ability ...

Pompeii Archeological Park site map, with showing where the ancient building site is located, with colour coded piles of raw construction materials (right): purple: debris; green: piles of dry ...

Scientists have uncovered a construction site frozen in time by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD at Pompeii, revealing ...

MIT researchers have identified the methods behind the remarkable longevity of Roman concrete, confirming self-healing ...

Concrete was the foundation of the ancient Roman empire. It enabled Rome's storied architectural revolution as well as the ...

The Roman Empire was literally built on a special form of extra-tough, self-healing concrete that has managed to stay strong ...

In a city filled to the brim with iconic buildings of both the ancient and not-so-ancient variety, the Colosseum of Rome stands apart from the rest. The ancient stadium, an arched, elliptical arena, ...

The only snag was that this didn’t match the recipe as described in historical texts. Now the same team is back with a fresh ...

Since humans first abandoned their nomadic ways and started building permanent settlements, architecture has been a powerful tool for communicating authority and ideologies. Rulers across millennia ...

Editor's note: The Architects’ Alphabet is a 26-part series describing design elements featured in Gregory J. Scott’s recently published book, “Urban Legend, The Life & Legacy of C. Emlen Urban,” ...

From Brunelleschi’s ingenious design of the dome crowning the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, to the vast ceiling of the Sistine Chapel decorated with Michelangelo’s staggering frescoes, ...